![]() The book reads at times like a detective story, a medical journal, a historical guide, an old west novel, a racial profiling treatise, a political scandal, a battle diary, a post-earthquake memoir. Funny how similar practices in journalism today are said to be politically motivated. One of the lessons one comes away from this book with is how our news media has long been partnered with the politics of its day in revealing or concealing pertinent information that could have dire consequences on the people its supposed to inform. You'll learn much about the social conditions that can contribute to the spread of disease, most of all the human pride and ignorance that sways public opinion and leaves the unsuspecting public vulnerable to the spread of disease. ![]() The well researched study of plague in early 20th century San Francisco exposes the ignorance and evils of man during times of crisis. This book was as interesting to read for its detection and triumph over bubonic plague as it was for the political powers too concerned with loss of profit to admit that plague even existed. ![]() Medical Detectives Triumph Over Political Protest ![]()
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